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Handling unscheduled tasks
Just got a question from a new user of Gootodo:
I've just started using Gootodo and think it's really great. I often have tasks to do that I am not yet ready to schedule for a particular day. Is there anyway to accomodate for "unscheduled tasks"?
My answer:
We don't have an "undated" list, because then the user would have two separate lists to keep up with: one for today, and one for undated todos. Instead, Gootodo encourages you to focus on today's list only, so you're not overloaded by other days or other lists. So if you have a todo that doesn't need to be scheduled for a particular day, just choose a day in the future when you'd like to be reminded to work on it. If on that day you're not ready to dive in, just redate it for another future day. Meantime, I hope you enjoy only having to keep track of one list of todos!
Why not integrate the undated tasks in the today list as permanent items. they would stick to the top or the bottom of the list.
In Gootodo every list is associated with a day. So to have it on any list would mean to assign it to a date. (Unless there was a separate "undated" list, which would then cause you to maintain two separate lists - ouch.)